Civic body in Delhi deploys drone to spray larvicide to combat dengue
In a first-of-its-kind initiative, a drone was on Wednesday used by vector-control team of the East Delhi Municipal Corporation to spray larvicide to check the spread of dengue in the city, cases of which have seen a record spike here.
East Delhi Mayor Shyam Sunder Aggarwal claimed that the EDMC was the “first civic body” in the national capital to deploy a drone for control of vector-borne disease.
Larvicide was sprayed on the banks of river Yamuna using a drone, which can carry a container with a capacity of 10-12 litre, he said.
“We have hired an agency for it as a pilot project, and if the response is good, we will deploy more drones fir vector-control. One drone can cover about 3 km range,” the mayor said.
